Carli Lloyd

Lindsey Moneymaker and Ainsley Yates had stood in line for more than an hour Thursday afternoon, waiting patiently at the Under Armour Brand House with hundreds of strangers who they did not know but could hardly tell apart: mostly girls, likely clutching a soccer ball or a jersey or a cleat, desperately wanting to meet Kelley O'Hara and Lauren Holiday.

But when they neared the end of the queue at the Harbor East store, and the space for a preteen between the U.S. women's national team members opened up, Lindsey and Ainsley did not know what to do. The Hereford club-soccer players had not waited this long and come this far to argue. But neither wanted to be the first to meet a...

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